Location
Free • LIVE ONLINE
Calendar
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Time
12pm EST / 9AM PST

How Options Can Be Your Seatbelt In A Bumpy Market

About this session

Interest rates are unpredictable, market swings are getting bigger, and simply buying stocks and sitting tight might not be enough to deliver the stable returns you're after.

That’s where options can earn their place. Sure, they’ve traditionally had a reputation for being complicated, risky, and best left to professional traders. But that's changing fast. More retail investors are using options strategically – not to make wild speculative bets, but to help generate income, protect their portfolios, and potentially benefit from bigger market moves.

Let’s talk about what that looks like in practice.

Join Finimize Head of Research Reda Farran and industry leaders from Cboe and Charles Schwab for a candid, data-anchored conversation that cuts through the misperceptions and all the noise.

Heres who you'll be hearing from
Chris Bendiksen

JJ Kinahan

SVP, Cboe Global Markets

Chris Bendiksen

JAMES Kostulias

Head of trading services, Charles Schwab

Carl Hazeley

Reda Farran

Head of content, Finimize

Here's what they'll cover

• How options can act as a seatbelt for your portfolio - limiting downside without forcing you to sell

• What hedging looks like in practice – not just in theory

• The difference between using options to protect a portfolio and using them to speculate

• How to use options in volatile markets

• How to deploy proper risk management strategies

Register to save your spot now – and come with questions.